Recession is when a labelmate loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours. The Jewelry Man.telling you that depression is just a simple reduction of feeling. Rappers who keep stiff upper lips and low record sales find that it's damn hard to smile.

In "Def Jam be throwing its artist's under the bus and then runs over them" news, the I hate Def Jam homey Method Man is STILL with Def Jam despite rampant rumors indicating that he was dropped from the label because of poor record sales.

Oh really EbenGregory.are you saying that selling 62,300 units of his new album in the first week won't help Meth buy any ice jewelry?

Yes.

And now.the damage control.

Here's Def Jam publicist Jana Fleishman in a statement to EbenGregory on Method Man's status with Def Jam: Method Man is still a part of the Def Jam family and he is currently on tour supporting his newest release, 4:21...The Day After.

And now.unhappy Method Man.

Here's unhappy Method Man to AllHipHop.com on how things have changed since the Jigga Man took over the ship that Russell built: I've seeing a lot of weird s**t going on up here since the transition. [Back in the "90s,] the procedure was way different. It was like I could just walk up in [chairman Lyor Cohen's] office and say, 'What's good?' So it's not like that anymore.

That's nice.like knowing the most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any. And speaking of the pen being mightier than the sword.

Here's 62, 300 pieces of cheap costume jewelry being dropped by EbenGregory on Method Man being stuck on Def Jam: Power should be your mistress.

And speaking of a little side action.you can get some here all day: MySpace.com/ebengregory.

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